PATRIOTS OF YUCATÀN (by Granville W. and N. C. Hough)

Some Patriots of the Yucatàn Peninsula, Mexico, who served in Spain’s 1779-1783 War with England – During the American Revolution - are found in Legajos 7296 and 7297, LDS Film Roll 1156357, which includes service for each soldier up to 1785, or 1788, or later, years the soldiers were stationed in Yucatàn. The sequence of information for each soldier shown below is name, year of birth, place of birth, marital status when the record was made, wartime service, position when record was made, and Legajo number, section and page. In Legajo 7289, only the officers and key personnel are shown, giving records for about ten percent of those who actually served in the units.

It is known that Campeche, Yucatàn, was a port which served as a refuge for ships from the second Expedition to Pensacola (which was stopped and scattered by a hurricane). Later, in the third Expedition to Pensacola, many soldiers and volunteers from Yucatàn joined the forces under Governor Gálvez. Volunteers from Yucatàn were in the 15 Sep 1779 capture of the British center for Yucatan and Honduras logging at St Georges Cay (Cayo Cocina). When the British captured the port and fort at San Fernando de Omoa in Honduras on 10 Oct 1779, Yucatàn soldiers were in the 1780 expeditions to recapture it. They also took part in expeditions to the Rios Nuebo, Waliss (Belize), and Schebum, which were probably to establish boundaries to the British logging operations on the eastern coast of the Peninsula (present day Quintaro Roo and Belize).

It is probable that any descendant of these soldiers would be accepted into the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution. (The present King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, and his son, the Crown Prince of Asturias, are already members, based on their descent from King Carlos III, the wartime King of Spain. As they have been accepted, it seems logical that descendants of others who were in service to fight the English will also be accepted.)

Francisco Abreu y Borjes (1739 Campeche - ), married. Lt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos, Campeche at Bacalar Presidio. Lt of Grenadiers, Vet, 1796, Bn Inf, Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:21 and Legajo 7296:VII:12.

Diego Antonio Acevedo (1739 Africa - ), married. Sgt Major, 1773-1796, grad Lt Col, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:10.

Yldefonzo Acosta (1748 Mérida - ), married. 1st Sgt, 1777-1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:29.

Josef Aguayo (1752 Mérida - ), married. Cadet, 1779, Campeche Garrison. Cadet, 1781, Capt, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:10.

Miguel Aguayo (1753 Lucena, Spain - ), married. Garzon, 1770-1788, Plana Mayor de Blancos, 1st Div, Bacalar Presidio. Adjutant, 1796, Plana Mayor of Blancos aggregated with Companies of Pardos, Mil Discip de Campeche, Legajo 7297:III:4.

Diego Aguilar (1742 Merida - ), 1st Sgt, Vol Blancos, Merida, in the Expedition of Cayo Cocina. Sgt, 1799, 1st Bn, Inf Mil Discip Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:30.

Juan Aguilar. Capt, 1789, Bn Inf Mil Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7296:XVIII:13, date of service entry not identified.

Manuel de Aguilar (1752 Yucatàn - ), married. Lt, Presidio del Carmen, Yucatàn, 1781-1787. Capt, 1799, 2d Inf, Garrison, PR, Legajo 7289:II:14.

Marcelo Alayola (1750 Mérida - ), married. 2d Cpl in 1779, 2d Sgt, 1781, Sgt, 1796, Vet, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:41.

Manuel Alfosea (1730 Villa Hermosa - ), widowed. Lt Grenadiers, 1776-1784, Capt, 1793, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:87.

Juan de Dios Aliendo (1762 Campeche - ), single. Distinguished Soldier, 1780, SubLt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos of Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:36.

Josef Álvares (1735 Andalusia - ), single. Capt, 1778-1787, Grad Lt Col, 1793, Bn, Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:84.

José Ignacio Álvarez. Sgt, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:57, service entry date not identified.

Juaquin de Ampudia y Valdes (1755 Zueta - ), single. Lt, Adjutant, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos, Campeche. Adjutant and Vet, 1797, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:8.

José Xavier Arfian (1758 Florida - ), married. Cadet, 1779, SubLt, 1782-83, with Real Despacho Vol Blancos, Campeche, Bacalar Presidio. SubLt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:31.

Benito Argaiz (1736 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1781-1788, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7296:XIX:29.

Miguel Barceló (1753 Espita, Yucatàn - ), married, Cadet, 1777-1790, Mil Vol Blancos de Mérida, Legajo 7296:XVII:39.

José Ygnacio Rafael Barrero (1752 Campeche - ), married. SubLt, 1782, Vol, Blancos, Campeche, volunteer to go to Honduras. Lt, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:39.

Fernando de Biempica (1740 Benaberre - ), married. Capt, 1776-1784, Sgt Major, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:23.

Antonio Bolo (1740 Mayorca - ), married, son of Lt Col. Capt Grenadiers, 1778-1785, Lt Col, grad Col, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:22.

Josef Bosada (1743 Barrantes, Castilla - ), married. 1st Sgt, 1770-1785, Lt, 1789, Bn Inf Mil Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7296:XVIII:23.

José Bosadas. Lt, Vet, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:26. (Service entry date not found.)

Rafael Breson (1749 Alicante - ), married. Capt, 1778-1787, Lt Col, 1797, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:7.

Manuel Buendia (1753 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1776-1785, Lt,1797, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:18.

Cristóval Calderón (1736 Yucatàn - ), married, son of person with a title. Capt, 1776-1784, grad Lt Col, 1790, Bn Inf, de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:II:6.

Cristóval Calderón (1767 Yucatàn - ), single, son of Lt Col. Cadet, 1781, Lt, 1797, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:7.

Felipe Santiago Calderón (1765 Yucatàn - ), single, son of Lt Col. Cadet, 1780, Lt, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:5.

José María Calderón ( 1761 Mérida Yucatàn - ), single, Cadet 1773-1783, Campeche Garrison, Vol Blancos Campeche at Bacalar Presidio. Lt, Vet, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:II:23.

Manuel Joaquín Calderón (1769 Yucatàn - ), single. Distingished Soldier, Aug 1781, Cadet, Oct, 1781, SubLt, 1797, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:9.

Antonio de la Camara (1747 Mérida - ). Lt, 1782-1789, Comp Vet Dragoons of Mérida, Legajo 7296:XXVIII:2.

Bernardino de la Camara (1752 Merida - ), married. Lt, Provincial, 1782, Lt, 1783, with Real Despacho, Vol Blancos, Campeche, to Bacalar Presidio. Lt, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:17.

Cristóbal de la Camara ( ). Capt, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blacos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:7.

José de la Camara Castillo (1745 Mérida - ), single. Capt, 1776-1793, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:58.

José de la Camara Vergara (1750 Mérida - ), married. Capt, 1781-1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:6.

Dionisio de Cañas (1750 Cataluña - ), single, Lt, Mil, 1776-1785, Vol Blancos Campeche, to Honduras. Lt of Grenadiers, 1788, Bn Inf Mil Vol Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7296:VI:12.

Francisco de Canto (1750 Mérida - ), married. Capt, 1778-1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:5.

José Rafael Caraveo. Capt, 1797, Bn Inf Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:2.

Miguel Caraveo (1753 Yucatàn - ), single. Lt, 1781-1788, Bn Inf Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:III:17..

Hilario Cárdenas (1741 Campeche - ), married, 2d Sgt, Grenadiers, 1777-1785, Vol Blancos Campeche, in 1779 to Rio Nuevo, then to Rios Waliss and del Norte. Sgt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:40.

José Mariano de Cárdenas (1763 Mérida - ), single. Cadet, 1780, SubLt, 1781, Capt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:77.

Matheo de Cárdenas (1752 Mérida - ), married. Capt, Grenadiers, 1778-1793, Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:56.

Juan Manuel Carpizo (1739 Mérida, Estremadura - ), married. Capt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos, Campeche. Legajo 7296:VII:6.

Felipe Santiago del Castillo (1748 Merida - )??? (faint). SubLt, 1761-1787, Dragoons of Merida, Legajo 7296:XXIX:3.

Francisco del Castillo (1764 Campeche - ), married. Cadet, 1782, Lt, Vet, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:28.

Manuel Castillo (1746 Mérida - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1776-1787, Sgt, Vet, 1796, 1st Bn, Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:42.

Vizente del Castillo (1752 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1772-1783, Lt, 1799, Bn Inf, Mil Discip Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:15.

Miguel de Castro y Araoz (1743 Sevilla - ), married. Capt, 1776-1787, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296 or 7297. (This may be the Lt Col in 1798 who was Governor of the Province of Tobasco, Legajo 7275:VII:9).

Manuel Ceballos (1745 Yucatàn - ), widower. Lt, 1779, Lt, grad Capt, 1790, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:I:15.

Leonardo Cetina (1740 Mérida - ), single. Lt, 1776-1785, Lt, grad Capt, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:11.

Antonio Chazarreta (1757 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1781-1796, Mil Discip Vol, Inf, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:35.

Fausto Antonio de Cicero (1735 Campeche - ), single. Capt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos Campeche, served on Rio Nuebo and Caio Cosina. Capt, 1790, Bn Inf Mil Vol Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7296:V:5.

Francisco María Cicero (1753 Campeche - ), married. SubLt, 1777-1787, Vol Blancos Campeche, war service in Honduras. Capt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:16.

Ildefonzo de Cordoba (1744 Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, Grenadiers, 1781, 1st Sgt, 1783-1790, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:I:35.

Juan Correa (1749 Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1778-1787, Sgt, 1788, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:III:40.

Agustín Crespo (1744 Isla de la Palma - ), married. SubLt, Grenadiers, 1782, in 1783 with Real Despacho, Vol Blancos Campeche, war service with Truxillo in Honduras. Capt, 1787, Bn Inf Mil Vol, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7296:VII:9.

Manuel Francisco Díaz (1752 Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1782, Sgt, 1796, 3rd Comp, Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:56.

Luiz Duran (1765 Mérida - ), married. Cadet, Jul, 1783, SubLt, 1799, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:20.

Juan José Elizalde (1748 Campeche - ), married. Capt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos, Mérida. Capt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:11.

Pedro Bernardino Elizalde (1753 Campeche - ), married. SubLt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos, Campeche at Bacalar Presidio. Capt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:15.

Angel Antonio Enriquez (1753 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1782-1790, Comp Vet, Garrison, Presidio Bacalar, Legajo 7296:XV:2.

Fernando Enriquez. Cadet, 1790, Comp Vet Garrison, Presidio Bacalar, Legajo 7296:XV:5. (Service entry date not found).

José María Enriquez. SubLt, 1800, Comp Inf Vet, Garrison of Presidio de San Felipe de Bacalar, Legajo 7297:IV:4. (Service entry date not found.)

Juan Joseph de Fierros (1753 Yucatàn - ), single. SubLt, grad Lt, 1781, SubLt, grad Capt, 1782, Capt, 1796, Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:30.

José María Flóres (1745 Mérida - ), married, a natural son. 1st Sgt, 1771-1785, 1st Sgt of Grenadiers, 1796, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:36.

José Severiano Frayre (1756 Campeche - ), married. SubLt, 1776-1787, Capt, 1796, Mil Discip Inf, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:18.

Lucas de Gálvez (1739 Ciudad Ecija - ), married. Naval Captain, 1781, Estado Mayor de Campeche. In 1780, el corzo a el oeste del estrecho Gibraltar. Navy Capt, 1788, Estado Mayor plaza Campeche, Legajo 7296:XIV:1.

Francisco Javier Gamboa (1753 Mérida - ), married. Garzon, 1780, Plana Mayor 1st Div, en la demarcación de limites, Rios Waliss, Nuevo, y Hondo. Lt, 1796, Mil Discip Inf Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II;27.

Felipe García (1749 Yamàl, Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1777-1785, Sgt, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:31.

Josef García Benites (1748 Zueta - ), single, Lt, 1769-1785, Capt, 1793, Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:88.

Juan García Barros (1753 Tui, Galicia - ), married. SubLt, 1777-1793, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:75.

Joaquín Antonio Garrido (1751 Rodrigo, Murcia - ), married. 1st Sgt, 1770-1785, Vol Blancos, Mérida. Lt, Vet, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:29.

Ignacio Gil (1746 Ciudad Toro - ), married. Capt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos Campeche, Presidio de Bacalar. Capt, 1788, Mil Inf Vol Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7296:VI:4.

Pedro Gil (1749 Villa Laguna de Cameros - ), married. 1st Sgt, Grenadiers, 1777-1785, Vol Blancos, Mérida. Lt, 1796, Mil Discip Inf Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:25.

Ignacio Gómez de Castro (1749 Yucatàn - ), married. 1st Sgt, 1778-1787, SubLt, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:51.

Miguel Gómez (1751 Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1780, Sgt, 1790, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:I:39.

José de Gongora (1750 Pueblo de Mani - ), married. Garzon, 1780, Plana Mayor, Campeche. Garzon, 1796, Plana Mayor de Blancos aggregated with the Compañias de Pardos Mil Discip de Campeche, Legajo 7297:III:5.

Andrés Lázaro/Laõ González (1759 Yucatàn - ), single. Cadet, 1775-1785, Lt, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:40.

Cosmé González (1735 Puerto Santa Maria - ), married. 1st Sgt, 1770-1787, Vol Blancos, Campeche. Legajo 7296:VII:30.

Francisco González (1768 Yucatàn - ), single, son of Colonel. Cadet, 1780, Lt, 1797, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:6.

Francisco González (1765 Campeche - ), single. Distinguished Soldier, 1779, Cadet, 1782-1793, Mil Discip Inf Blancos de Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:89.

Henrique/Enrique Grimarest (1741 Cataluña - ), widower, son of Brigadier. 1780, Governor of Mobile, 1787, Lt of the King, Yucatàn. Col, 1787, Estado Mayor de la plaza de Campeche, Legajo 7296:IV:1.

Juan Bautista Guâl (1758 Cumaná - ), widower. Lt, 1783, Capt, 1796, Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:33.

Joseph Hernández (1746 Campeche - ), married. 1st Sgt, 1778-1788, Vol Blancos Campeche, wartime service in Honduras and at Bacalar Presidio, Legajo 7296 or 7297.

Francisco Hurtado (1748 Almofia/Almojia - ), single. Lt, provisional, May 1782, SubLt, Jul 1782, Lt 1783, Vol Blancos Campeche at Bacalar Presidio. Lt, 1797, Vet Mil Discip, Inf, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:22.

Josef Infante (1743 Yucatàn - ), single. SubLt, Grenadiers, 1779, Lt, 1793, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:92.

Juan María de Lara (1749 Mérida - ), married. Lt, 1772-1785, Capt, grad, 1796, Mil Discip Inf, Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo7297:V:20.

Julian de Lara. SubLt, 1799, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos de Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:27, service entry date not identified.

Juan Antonio López (1749 Castilla la Vieja - ), single. SubLt, 1776, Campeche Garrison, Lt, May 1783, Vol Blancos Mérida. Legajo 7296 or 7297.

Félix López de Toledo (1764 Havana - ), single. Cadet, 1781-1782 Campeche Garrison, under command of naval Capt Gálvez, on the last expedition of Truxillo, or sailed with the expedition destined for Honduras. Lt, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:41.

Francisco López de Toledo (1762 Havana - ), married, son of Lt Col. Cadet, 1781, Inf Campeche Garrison, sailed on the expedition for Honduras. Lt, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:17.

Francisco Lopez de Toledo (1740 Florida - ). Capt, Feb 1783, Capt, grad Lt Col, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:31.

Juaquín de Loza (1755 Sisante, La Mancha, Castilla - ), single, Lt, 1778-1785, Lt, 1799, Mil Discip inf Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:13.

Josef Maldonado (1761 Cadiz - ), single. Cpl of Artillery, 1780, and he was on the last expedition of Truxillo to Honduras, 1781, SubLt, Grenadiers, 1797, Bn Inf Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:8.

Francisco Marcilla (1715 Villanueba, Arcardete, Spain - ), widower. Lt, 1769-1785, Lt of Grenadiers, 1787, Bn Inf Mil Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7296:XX:13.

Marcelo Antonio Marin (1738 Merida - ), married. SubLt, 1779, Vol Blancos, Mérida. Lt, Vet, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:24.

Juan Antonio Marrufo (1751 Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, Fusileros, Sep 1783, Sgt of Grenadiers, 1796, Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:55.

Diego Martínez. Sgt 1st cl, Distinguished, 1796, 6th Comp, Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:61 (service entry date not identified.)

Nicolás Martínez (1748 Mérida - ), widower. Capt, 1781-1796, Mil Inf Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:17.

Thoribio Mazo (1763 Astudillo de Campos, Castilla la Vieja - ), single. Cadet, 1781, Laguna Presidio, Vol Blancos, Mérida. Lt, 1799, Mil Discip Inf Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:16.

Agustín Bernardo de Medina (1739 Ciudad Malaga - ), widower. Capt, 1776-1785, Campeche Garrison. Governor, Presidio del Carmen, grad Lt Col, 1798, Legajo 7275:VIII:13.

Manuel Antonio Mendez (1749 Galicia - ), married. SubLt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos Campeche, Bacalar Presidio. Capt, 1796, Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:14.

Miguel Mendez (1753 Mérida - ), married. Wartime regiment was Bn Garrison of Castillo, for seven years a Distinguished Soldier, Cadet, 1786, Vol Blancos, Campeche. Legajo 7296 or 7297.

Pedro Mendez. (1752 Mérida - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1777-1785, Sgt, 1790, Mil Inf Vol Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7296:V:32.

Pedro Mendez (1747 Alcobendar, Castillo - ), married. Adjutant, 1770-1787, Plana Mayor Campeche, in wartime defending the packetboaat which came from Veracruz. Capt, grad Subinspector, Plana Mayor de Blancos aggregated with the Companies of Pardos, Mil Discip, Campeche. Legajo 7297:III:2.

Buenaventura Mendicut (1740 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1776-1787, Vol Blancos Campeche. Legajo 7296:VII:23.

Josef María Mendivil (1770 Ciudad Veracruz - ), single. Cadet, June 1783-1787, Inf Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:IV:49.

Vizente Mendozda (1751 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1781, Capt, 1799, Mil Discip Inf Vol, Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:9.

Antonio Montero (1744 Mérida - ), married. 1st Sgt, Vol Blancos Campeche, Bacalar Presidio, 1780. Sgt, 1796, Mil Discip Inf, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:38.

Andrés Morano (1753 Moguel, Andalucia - ), married. SubLt, 1779-1783, Capt, 1796, Bn Mil Discip inf, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:19.

Francisco Muñoz (1740 Tenerife - ), married. Capt, Provisional, 1780, Capt, with Real Despaco Vol Blancos Campeche, 1781, on the Second Expedition against the establishments on the Rio Nuebo. Capt, 1790, Mil Inf Vol Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7296:V:8.

Josef Negro (1754 Mérida - ), married. Capt, 1776-1799, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:4.

Vizente Nolasco (1759 Yucatàn - ), single. SubLt, 1779, Campeche Garrison, SubLt, 1785, Vol Blancos, Mérida. He served under naval Capt Gálvez during the war. Lt, 1796, Mil Vol Inf Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7296:XVII:16.

Ignacio Ochoa de Antezana (1746 Yucatàn - ), married. Lt, Campeche, 1778-1787. Capt, 1796, Provinciales, Inf Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:34.

Juan de Ojeda y Guilarte (1757 Revilla del Campo, Burgos - ), married. He was apparently trained as a Marine Guard. Lt of Fragata, Real Armada, 1781. Estado Mayor, Campeche, 1788. Sgt Major, 1796, Estado Mayor de la plaza de Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:93.

Tomás de Olmedo (1716 Arrabal del Portillo, Castilla la Vieja - )???. 1st Sgt Dragoons of Mérida, 1761-1787, Legajo 7296:XXIX:4.

Diego Ordoñes (1747 Mérida - ), married. 1st Cpl, 1780, Bn de Casta Campeche Garrison, by 1787 in Plana Mayor, Campeche. Garzon, Plana Mayor de Blancos aggregated with Companies of Pardos, Mil Discip de Campeche, Legajo 7297:III:8.

Pedro Oreza (1756 Mérida - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1780, 1st Sgt, 1782-1796, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:39.

Juan O’Sullivan (1740 Cataluña - ), married. Capt, Campeche Garrison, 1778-1787. Lt Col, 1796, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:29.

Alonso Manuel Peon (1715 la Cuesta, Asturias - ), married. Cavallero del Order de Calatrasa, Col, 1776-1786, Vol Blancos, Mérida. Col, 1793, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:52.

Ignacio Peon (1764 Mérida - ), married. Capt, 1781-1785, Col, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:1.

Leonardo Péres (1747 Campeche - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1774-1785, Sgt, Vet, 1796, 1st Mil Discip Inf, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:39.

Pedro Péres (1747 Mérida - ), married. Capt, 1780, Campeche Garrison, Estado Mayor (Staff Officer), 1788-1796, Plaza de Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:95.

Juan de Piñeiro (1717 Galicia - ), married. Commander, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, 1773-1788, grade of Colonel, Legajo 7296:III:1.

Juaquín del Puerto (1758 Mérida - ), married. Capt, Mil Urbanas, Mérida, 1780, Lt, 1787-1793, Mil Discip inf Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:66.

Ignacio de Quijano (1756 Mérida - ), single. Capt, 1778-1799, Commanding the Dragoons of Mérida, Legajo 7297:VIII:11.

Josef Mariano Quijano (1757 Yucatàn - ), single. SubLt, 1781, Lt, 1797, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison. Wartime: “Exercio las funsiones de Abanderado; 1781 extõ y agregdo a este.” Legajo 7297:I:4.

Francisco Rafon (1747 Yucatàn - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1777-1784, Campeche Garrison, wartime under command of naval Captain Gálvez.

Alexandro Ramírez (1745 Valladolid, Yucatàn - ), single. Cadet, 1780-1790, Mil Vol Blancos Inf, Mérida, Legajo 7296:XVII:40.

Juan Estevan de Requena (1756 San Agustin, Florida - ), married. SubLt1779-1782, Vol Blancos, Campeche. Adjutant, 1796, Estado Mayor de la plaza de Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:94.

Ignacio Ribas (1758 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1780-1793, Mil Discip Inf Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:V:76.

Bartolomé Ribera (1755 Mérida - ), married. SubLt, 1777-1785, Capt, 1799, Bn Inf Mil Discip Vol Blancos, Mérida, Legajo 7297:VI:8.

Josef Riberon (1752 Laguna, Canary Islands - ), married. 2d Sgt, 1780, SubLt, 1796, Inf Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:19.

Caietano de la Roca (1729 Madrid - ), married. Adjutant, Milicia, 1776-1788, Vol Blancos Campeche, Legajo 7296:VI:3.

Josef María de la Roca (1764 Yucatàn - ), single. Cadet, 1776-1787, Campeche Garrison, under command of Capt. Gálvez. SubLt, 1796, Bn Inf de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:I:47.

Lorenzo María de la Roca (1771 Mérida - ), single. Cadet, 1782, SubLt, 1796, Bn Inf Mil Discip Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:33.

Mariano de la Roca (1768 Yucatàn - ), single. Distinguished Soldier, 1780, Cadet, 1784-1790, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7296:II:42..

Pedro Rivas Rocafull (1745 Cueta - ), married, son of Lt Col. Adjutant, Plana Mayor, 1st Div, 1780, Legajo 7296 or 7297.

Andrés de la Rocha (1754 Isla Española de Santo Domingo - ), single. SubLt, 1776-1787, Lt of Grenadiers, 1796, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:36.

Rodrigo de la Rocha (1755 Isla Española de Santo Domingo - ), single. SubLt, 1776-1785, Capt, 1797, Bn Inf, Castilla, Campeche Garrison, Legajo 7297:I:28.

Andrés Rodriquez (1747 Puerto Santa María - ), married. 2d Cpl, Bn de Castilla, Campeche Garrison, 1st Cpl, 1782. In 1787 in Plana Mayor Campeche. Garzon, 1796, Plana Mayor de Blancos aggregated with Companies of Pardos, Mil de Campeche, Legajo 7297:III:7.

Antonio Rodríquez Godoy (1753 Xequelchecan - ), married. SubLt, 1781, SubLt, 1782, with Real Despacho Vol Blancos Campeche de Bacalar Presidio. SubLt of Grenadiers, 1796, Mil Discip Inf, Blancos, Campeche, Legajo 7297:II:62.

Baltasar Rodríques de Trujillo (1757 Malaga - ), married. Adjutant, 1780, Plana Mayor Campeche. Capt, grad, 1790, Plana Mayor de Blancos aggregated with Companies of Pardos, Tiradores de Campeche, Legajo 7296:VIII:2.